I can see these photos are different. I can not tell which is better.
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Camera Comparison: Apple's iPhone 14 Pro Max vs. OnePlus 11 5G
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Definitely the OnePlus. Something is messed up with Apple's computational photography algorithm.
Looks like the OnePlus really likes to saturate photos. It's basically like an automatically applied filter to every picture you take while the IP14 keeps things real and color-accurate. Just look at the brick wall on the clock photo. It's way overdone in the OnePlus version. The same people that can't imagine posting a single photo of anything without putting it behind a filter would love the OnePlus. For me, I'd stick to the IP14, the more mature option.
Updates for 4 years and patches for 5.So you get a really good camera attached to an okay-ish phone that probably won't get many software updates? If they lower the price more, I might be tempted.
I currently use their OnePlus 9 Pro and it's my third OnePlus phone. I ordered the OnePlus 11 because they are giving me almost $400 for my current OnePlus 9 Pro making the new phone less than $500.
Never had an issue from any of the three OnePlus phones I've owned and recently got Android 13 for my two year old phone.
The one thing I like is the bootloader can be unlocked and I can do whatever I want with my phone. I own the phone and it's not leased like Samsung, Apple and others. Unless you can get administrator rights on your phone and install what you like; they own it and not you.
So true.
A Mirrorless (Full Frame, APS-C, 4/3) along with respective DSLRs will always blow phone cameras out the water. Not that the phone cameras aren't good, but dedicated cameras are better.
Do you honestly think an iPhone or Android is going to take a better picture than a $1000+ camera body with a dedicated lens?
Now that being said, a photo you get with a cellphone that you otherwise wouldn't get is a great photo.
Ironically the article pointed to the opposite and the over saturated processing on Android devices that makes the face look unnatural. I can tell Android photos because they don’t look natural, but Android lovers think it normal. It’s not. Remember there’s a reason iPhones have been used for professional projects, but you don’t hear this about other phones. I can add effects a processing to iPhone pictures later. You cannot remove the camera based processing on Androids
There are a lot of folks that have always thought, and will think, that the iPhone is a pretty poor value… look at how many Android phones are sold a year! Apple has somehow acquired a large enough number of folks that find some certain specific value in the “whole” (the iPhone IS a fairly well known quantity by now) such that they’re willing to pay for it. The genius is that billions every year can hate the iPhone, but millions, enough to make it profitable to continue making it, will still buy it.
Life, in general, is dull. Sunlight is never ‘THAT’ brilliantly orange, skies are never ‘THAT’ calming shade of blue and that’s what I think Apple tries to capture. Once I show folks where the filers are, they’re able to fake up their images JUST to where their social media followers will enjoy
They are both good but I think I prefer the iPhone photos slightly more.
I glaze over at these camera comparisons. Unless it’s a dramatic difference in low light I normally can’t tell the difference let alone pick the “better” one. Don’t think I’ll be leaving Apple anytime soon.
It's only sad when people are stuck using an OS ecosystem they don't like. I don't know any unhappy iOS users but I see plenty of Android users jumping ship to pay more for iPhones. Now that's sad for Android.
Except, iPhones don't produce remotely 'realistic' images these days. I'm 100% with you on prefer my iPhone to produce the most accurate 'as it appears' pictures and not add any kind of filtering. (there are more than enough options within the app that you can edit your photos with and then yet more dedicated apps most ppl use as well to further enhance). The problem is, the last 3 or4 years iPhones have processed them to a ludicrous amount, most notably with their over sharpening, over contrast, overly 'HDR'. Slightly better in RAW but not ideal still. It's the most frustrating thing about what used to be a flagship camera phone.
Or you have 6 Wi-Fe but could stand to have one more?🤣
The 11 actually has flagship internals wrapped in a mid-tier package. The cameras are definitely not flagship level. Not intended to be. OnePlus this year released a top mid-tier phone with top of line internals all for $699+.
Good review (as usual):
So you get a really good camera attached to an okay-ish phone that probably won't get many software updates? If they lower the price more, I might be tempted.
That’s your description of an iPhone?
btw - been using a OnePlus for a few years now and the update cycle has been great.
9Pro & 10Pro
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I ditched OnePlus because they stopped making dual SIM phones. Plus they don’t have as much world bands as an iPhone has. And I travel a lot worldwide.
Apple designs their cameras to perform as close to Professional cameras as is possible with the technology available within a pocket sized multipurpose device. So accuracy is their purpose and Apps can provide the other like you said.Life, in general, is dull. Sunlight is never ‘THAT’ brilliantly orange, skies are never ‘THAT’ calming shade of blue and that’s what I think Apple tries to capture. Once I show folks where the filers are, they’re able to fake up their images JUST to where their social media followers will enjoy
Depends on how you look at it. iPhone will always lose the spec chart comparison on anything less than $1000. For example, no telephoto lens on regular iPhones while even the base S23 has one.
There are a LOT of android phones
Google doesn’t over saturate the colors
Neither does Sony
And idk about the other brands cuz I haven’t tested them all
Isn’t this just ones preference. All the flagship phones take great pictures.